Music as blue as the album’s cover. Like twilight, there’s a soft radiance in every dark corner. The voice dry as a rough red wine, bits of acoustic guitars, slide, twang and mallets all used sparingly. Ghostly keyboard sounds, like a flying curtain all over it. Poltergeist-drums; tick-tock percussion, like the sound from a broken grandfather clock, commemorating progressing time, just before or after witching hour.

Lord Youth appears as a laconic master of imagination, of the blue hour. Every now and then, Lord Youth speeds up the pace, like the wake-up call start of ‘Plastic Bombs’, the sketchy garage noise of ‘Moonbelly’, or the rough Americana rock'n'roll of ‘What's That Sound’. Overall, this is a crystalline album permeated with undefined grief.

“Croons and wallows...a heart heavy set noir set in ghostly echo from a monochrome pop past, all tipped in a shadow lining parade of forgotten shanty-like gospels, and the shell piercing mournful classicism of a lost song craft.” GodIsInTheTV, UK

"...clearly a talented songwriter...tracks...switch from the Roy Orbison-style bolero of the title track to Waitsian junkyard stomps like 'Parable Blues'..."Uncut

"...brilliantly uncomfortable listening...the record is captivating and eerie, strange, but quite wonderful. Not one for the children..." Americana-UK

"...Lord Youth .. has produced something really rather beautiful and reflective, bringing in acoustic guitar – along with a bit of twang and a bit of slide –with odd percussive elements and keys. There’s a spectral, otherworldly air to the whole thing, making this nothing less than a modern blues album with a noir-esque narrative that you can really lose yourself in. " - The Crack, UK

"...clever brand of folk noir. Micah Blaichman - the eponymous lord of the manor - has a detached drawl and an eye for fleeting moments of cinematic drama, ultimately coming off like an arch hipster cousin to his namesake, Micah P. Hinson.Call it New York postmodernism or simply imaginative projection, but Blaichman carves out an intriguing artistic niche for himself..."- Rock'n'Reel, UK